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Yaniv Gola, 51, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 22 after being charged for making phone calls threatening to injure, rape, and kill eight different victims, the US Department of Justice said in a news release.
After serving the prison time, Gola will be placed under three years of supervised release, the Department of Justice said.
The calls were made between Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 and Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, according to the news release. Gola used a Voice Over Internet Protocol service to mask his phone number when calling.
In one call, Gola told a victim, "I want to put a bullet in your head … You f***ing Muslims," the news release states.
On another call, he threatened, "You f***ing Jew, now I know where you are. I’m going to kill all you Jews … You all should be shoved back into ovens. I’m going down to [victim’s business location] to kill you," according to the Department of Justice.
In the most recent call, Gola told another victim, "You’re Jewish, I’m from Hamas. You’re animals and pigs … If you don’t leave that place, we’re going to blow you up."
Gola made hundreds of similar calls and texts "terrorizing his victims with incredibly vile, violent threats," US Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Jacqueline Romero said in the news release. He learned where his victims lived and worked and used that information to heighten their fear.
He pleaded guilty to eight counts of Interstate Communication of Threats on Wednesday, Feb. 14, according to court documents.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from the Philadelphia Police Department, Media Borough Police Department, and Newtown Township Police Department in Pennsylvania and the Cinnaminson Township Police Department and Haddonfield Police Department in New Jersey.
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